I draw your attention to the poll.
We have spoken and... it is a sandwich.
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I draw your attention to the poll.
We have spoken and... it is a sandwich.
From Merriam-Webster, my friend. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
If you ask for a sandwich and you get a hot dog or a wrap, you know you're not getting what you asked for. Everyone calls them hot dogs, not sandwiches, for a reason. I'm pretty sure this falls in line with "largely considered" things. I do not know of anyone who calls a hot dog a sandwich, nor a wrap.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharkythesharkdogg
I can link you to a lot of things that, by name, are in a [word] family but are actually not a [same word]. A hot dog, for example, is not actually a dog despite it having dog in the name. A sandwich by technicality and definition involves two pieces of bread. Wikipedia gets trumped by the almighty powers of the dictionary.Quote:
I submit for exhibit B, the open-faced sandwich. Traditionally served on a single piece of sandwich bread with toppings. Yet still in the sandwich family.
Full Definition of SANDWICH
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a : two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between
b : one slice of bread covered with food
So that clearly covers split rolls (hot dogs, subs, pita pockets), and open-faced sandwiches.
I would argue that a hot dog is not a sandwich, but not due to the fact that a sandwich typically consists of two pieces of bread. I posit that it is not a sandwich for this reason: if I cut into a sandwich and look at what's inside, I will see a cross-section which is roughly rectangular. This is an important, innate quality of the sandwich, and the reason why the hot-dog, with its circular cross section, fails the sandwich test.
A chicken sandwich (served on a burger bun) does not cut into a rectangular cross-section. It would be dome shaped. Neither would a sub sandwich. Neither would a burger for that matter, and a burger falls into the sandwich family.
EDIT: For the record, this is just a fun debate for me. I hope no one is getting butt hurt or anything. :)
>_>Quote:
Originally Posted by FormalhautI agree. Remind me who started this conversation so we can start a angry townsfolk style march on their house, complete with pitchforks and burning torches.Quote:
Originally Posted by Night Fury
/slinks away
/is shot by a sniper
I'd like to point out that this IS serious for me and people need to realise the error of their ways.
SOMEONE IS WRONG ON THE INTERNET, DAMMIT!!
Honestly I just don't think of it as a sandwich. When I go out to eat and I want a hot dog, I never check the menu under sandwiches to see what kind they have. So there you go :shrug:
hey guys guys, here's something crazy to think about: is it possible that it could be both a sandwich AND a hot dog?
Yes, for the same reason that a burger is also classified as a sandwich (which someone mentioned above), but is referred to as a burger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Formalhaut
This is the point I have been trying to make.Quote:
Originally Posted by Formalhaut
It's just the people that think it is a hot dog NOT a sandwich that make this a terrible world to live in.
Hot dogs are delicious especially street meat at 2 am after the bar closes and/or juicy jumbos (wink).
ketchup and mustard only you heathens.
Not a sandwich.
Whatever Lonny BoB thinks, the opposite of that.
NAIL THIS GUY TO A CROSS THERE IS NO SUCH POSSIBILITYQuote:
Originally Posted by Formalhaut
Oh come on, I'm not including the bread. I'm only talking about the meat and toppings. Obviously if you use a piece of bread which is rounded the overall cross section won't be rectangular, but the meat will be approximately.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharkythesharkdogg
No, a hotdog is not a sandwich. It's a hotdog. If you eat a sausage biscuit, is that a sandwich? Nope. It's a sausage biscuit. These things have qualities which make them stand-out from their sandwich brethren and require specific acknowledgement.
ASKING THE TOUGH QUESTIONS. Seriously. If a hotdog is a sandwich then a taco is a sandwich. But neither are sandwiches because they have unique properties. Like being hotdogs. Or being tacos.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jinx
You're a crazy person. A hotdog is not open faced!Quote:
Originally Posted by sharkythesharkdoggThis has already been covered. The sub sandwich is largely considered a sandwich. It's one piece of bread. So are gyros, and perhaps wraps. One piece of bread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
I submit for exhibit B, the open-faced sandwich. Traditionally served on a single piece of sandwich bread with toppings. Yet still in the sandwich family.
It could be argued the hotdog is an open-faced sandwich.
:radred: (SPOILER)at the time of posting, I tied the poll up. muahahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Bubba